one and the same
idiom
: one person or thing and not two
The restaurant's owner and chef are one and the same (person).
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Many times, these types of people are one and the same, making this list the perfect blend of both categories.
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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Those two things aren’t one and the same.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
Carpet moths and clothes moths are actually one and the same.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
The two showers are essentially one and the same; Earth intersects a single, broad stream of meteoroids at two places in its orbit on opposite sides of the sun.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Those two things aren’t one and the same.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
Carpet moths and clothes moths are actually one and the same.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
The two showers are essentially one and the same; Earth intersects a single, broad stream of meteoroids at two places in its orbit on opposite sides of the sun.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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“One and the same.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20and%20the%20same. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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